Trade and Investment
20 Aug 2020
The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has shut down seven fuel stations in a different part of Niger state due to faulty meter pumps used by petroleum marketers.
10 Jul 2019
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) recent strategic move to revive and grow Nigeria’s cotton, textile and garments economic sector and to improve domestic production of cotton from about 80,000 tonnes in 2018 to 300,000 tonnes by 2020, is one of the economic news items that should not be ignored. The policy instrument is aimed…
27 Jun 2018
Exports thrive on a tripod of development, promotion and capacity building. Despite the potential in the non-oil export segment, lack of price competitiveness due to poor capacity, high cost of infrastructure and logistics, continues to limit growth in the sector. Latest NBS data show slow-paced growth in the segment though NEPC is optimistic of a…
1 Feb 2018
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah has commissioned the Shade Tree Youth Empowerment Initiative (STYEI) in Kaduna, describing it as an employer of labour capable of taking jobless youths out of the streets. The initiative, specifically designed to empower Nigerian youth, particularly within the automotive industry was part of the Corporate…
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The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the rescue of the remaining four abducted pupils of Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Primary School Alwaza, Doma Local Government Area.
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President Muhammadu Buhari said he reappointed Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi as Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, due to the agency's remarkable successes. Buhari made the disclosure in his address at the launch of the National Policy on the Nigerian Government Second-Level Domains and National Data Strategy in State House, Abuja. The…
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The Imo Police Command has confirmed Thursday’s killing of a Customary Court Judge, Mr Nnaemeka Ugboma, while presiding over a matter.
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Prominent Nigerian professionals, including CEO of Ebonylife Media, Mo Abudu, publisher and author, Betty Irabor and TV personality, Funmi Iyanda, are to attend and speak at the 2023 Linda Ikeji’s Self-made Woman Conference (SMWC) which is holding on Saturday, February 4 in Laos, in partnership with The
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Scores of customers of banks, on Friday, took to major streets in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest the scarcity of new naira notes, which has been a subject of discussion across major towns and cities in Nigeria.